MATTER OF PROPOSED BALLOT TITLE

No. 61035.

672 P.2d 1166 (1983)

In the Matter of PROPOSED BALLOT TITLE OF STATE QUESTION NUMBER 565, INITIATIVE PETITION NUMBER 321. John CARMICHAEL, D.D.S., Appellant, v. Michael C. TURPEN, Attorney General, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrews, Davis, Legg, Bixler, Milsten & Murrah by James F. Davis and Nancy M. Thompson, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Michael C. Turpen, Atty. Gen. of Okl., and James B. Franks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellee.

Jack D. Rogers, pro se. and Floyd Spiva, Jr., pro se., Proponents of Initiative Petition No. 321 S.Q. 565.

Andrew T. Dalton, Jr., Tulsa, amicus curiae.


HODGES, Justice.

Initially, the question presented was the correctness of the ballot title amended, prepared, and approved by the Attorney General, pursuant to 34 O.S. 1981 § 9, and submitted to the Secretary of State. Subsequently, the parties realized that: § 9 had been amended when the governor signed H.B. 1176, Ch. 222, Okla. Sess. Laws 1983, on June 17, 1983; and that, because the bill is an enactment for carrying into effect provisions relating to...

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